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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-03-17

LONDON, March ia sensation has
been caused by the publication OF General
Sir Redvcrs Buffers evidence before
the Land Commission. II appears that
General Butler testified that what law
there was in Counties Kerry, Clare and
Cork was on the side OF the rich, and he ex,
pressed the opinion that 1t would be a seri.
GUS matter with their grievances unre-
dressed, to attempt TO suppress by force
the tenants right to openly associate for
the protection OF their interests. A ma
jority Of the tenants, he said, struggled
TO pay their rents, and, where they
could, did pay; but in great many cases
the rents were too high aud such as the
tenants could not pay. He said there
would never be peace in Ireland until there
had been established court having strong
coercive powers over bad landlords and
protective powers over poor tenants
The Pal Nal Gazette declares that the
facts attested by General Butler come like
flash of vivid lightning, revealing the
naked horrors OF organized injustice in
Ireland. 1t says: mo crime which the
moonlighters or dynamiters can commit
will be comparable to the criminality Of
giving another days grace to the foul fab
rlc of legalized wrong erected on Irish
sofia fabric which the Tories now seek
to buttress by further misdeeds.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-03-17
ARMY oEsERTERs.
Reasons for the Extensive Percentage of
Desertion from Our Army.

Reasons for the Extensive Percentage OF
Desertion from Our Army.
Small as our army is, there is a most
excessive percentage of desertion from
it, and this although the men are far
better fed and paid than any soldiers in
the world. The reasons for this state
of affairs can be readily found. A
great number of men enlist for the pur-
pose of being sent West, and then de-
serting. This class is very large and
exceeding hard to deal with, as it is
next to impossible to apprehend them,
owing to the general feeling through
out the mountain regions that they
have escaped from kind of slavery
Another class liable to desert consists
of young men of good family who have
become dissipated, and enlisted in a
moment of despair. But the strangest
class is that of the chronic deserters
These men enlist, desert, and then en-
list again. The recruiting Office is one
of the best places in which to apprehend
deserters, Not infrequently men give
themselves up, preferring to serve theil
sentence in the military prison and
live in peace. | heard such man say
that after he had deserted, he could not
see three men talking together without
suspectihg that they were about to give
him up to the Government and secure
the thirty dollars reward. One of the
most amusing incidents of my life was
when a, man came to my Office, an
nounced himself as a deserter, and wish.
ed to be sent to prison. | told him that
the boat for the Island was just on the
point of leaving, and that if we could
catch it the commanding officer would
probably be good enough to place him
in confinement. He waited to hear no
more, but rushed down the hill at full
speed and by great exertions succeeded
in getting on board the boat which was
to carry him to prison. The cause Of
this strange performance was desire
to secure medical attendance free
of charge. The hardest cases are those
where men surrender themselves in
order to escape intolerable blackmail
by some one who has become possess
ed of his secret and constantly threat
ems exposure unless he iswell paid for
silence. - Captain Jumes, in 81. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-03-17
Report OF the Agricultural Department
for the Month of March.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE March re-
port of the Department Of Agriculture OF
the distribution and consumption of wheat
and corn shows that thirty-six per cent. oil
the crop is still in farmers hands. The
estimated remainder is 6O3, 900 900 bushels.
The estimated proportion held for home
consumption is l,sTWo0oo bushels,
leaving 2SS,OOo,0OO for transportation
beyond county lines The proportion OF
understandable corn is eighty-six per cent
The amount OF wheat on hand is twenty
seven per cent. Of the crop, or abou. 1922.
100000, against lO7,OOoOOo last year and
100, 100000 in March, 1885,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-03-17

There still remains unsurveyed
about 100000 acres of public land
in Colorado, 100000 in Arizona,
nearly 10000, 900 in California, 10000
600 in Dakota, 100000 in Florida,
100000 in Idaho. 100000 in Min.
nesota $4,000, 900 in Nevada, 74.000,.
900 in Montana, 81, 100000 in Utah,
more than 20,oOo,Ooo in Washington
Territory, aud 80 on
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-03-17
Mrs. Parsons In Jail.

COLUMBUS, O., March 1l-Lucy Parsons,
the wife Of the Chicago Anarchist, was ar
raigned before the mayor last evening on
o charge of disorderly conduct and con-
tempt, and without giving her attorneys
any opportunity to make a move in
the case she was placed under bonds
of $500 to keep the peace. Mrs. Parsons
could not give bonds and was sent TO the
county Jail. She made speech to the
large crowd which had gathered, saying
that this was the end Of liberty. The next
regular grand jury does not meet until
about the middle of April, but an effort
will be made by her attorneys to secure her
release on a habeas corpus proceedings.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-03-17
DEATH oE CAPTAIN EAps.

The Noted Engineer RAISES Away whis
on n visit to to the Bahama Islands a.
Search OF Heaith-A Sketch OF His Busy
Career.
NEw York, March ia dispatch from
Nassau N. p, via Key West Fla, an
nounces the death there on the sth inst Of
Captain James b. Eads, of pneumonia.
Mrs Tierney, an old friend OF Mira Eads,
said at the Eads house last night
that no direct information OF Cap
tain Eads' death had been re-
ceived by her, nor by any Of
his friends in this city. W. J. Harner, who
has been associated in business with Cap
tain Eads for many years, said that he re-
ceived on Wednesday letter from Mrs.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-03-17

aMlnou 1881" wrote @ O, shayne, 1oa
Prince street, N. Y. "Cripploi with lum-
bago; / tried ST. Jacobs oil; 1t relievedi
tried again, 1t cured me" November !,
1888, he writes: "Conhrm my statement;
was completely cured" Price ATTY cents.
Mrs NJ. Pollock, s5 Aisquith Street. Baiti-
more, Nd, says; "Red Star Cough Cure
for colds, coughs and sorethroat has no
equal.n Price twenty-five cents bottle.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-03-17

II is no longer questioned, It is admitted,
that the blood of man is improving, The
children Of to-day arc better formed, have
ancestors Tho cause OF this fact In due
moro to the general use OF DIR. Harter's
Iron Tonic than any other source.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-03-17

TIE scalp Is cleansed and ercited TO .
healthy action by Halls Hair Reviewer.
In Consumption, the disposition to cough
Is diminished BY taking Ayers Cherry
Pectoral
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-03-17

THE man who stooPs 70 brush orenge
peel from the sidewalk u bent on dong
good. -Pisspv'le.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-03-17

WHAT is the best way TO manage a
mani asks feminine correspondent
Marry him.-0nldha World.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-03-17

HALE,s Honey OF Horehound and Tar cure
r,onghs ana bronchitis and consumption.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-03-17

MANI mon object to sitting In turtes,
and no wonder, ~ jurymen always ge'
into box.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-03-17

CousH.. BRowS's BRoSoHIAL Lhooh h.
Sore Throat and Bronchial Affections
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-03-17

REcxrvrSo teller--the Newspaper In
teryiewer Boston Transcript
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-03-17

OK the toboggan II is gravity that pro
duces tho levity. Springfield Unssa-
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-03-17

THu lobster lays twelve thousand eggs a
year. Go 10 tho lobster, thou honl
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-03-17

IL cough disturbs your sloep, take
Piso's euro for Consumption and rest we'll
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-03-17

TuE language the telephone speaks is
broken English.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-03-17
rn.,.ritx " Ancestry.

LIVES on tick-the man who eight O'Clock
-ISemsrriAs IosrnAk
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-03-17

Mr.. seccomb came out at 1920 a. m, and said
mat no arrangements had as yet been made for
The funeral further than providing that they
should be carried out by Mr.. Hopper, of Brook
Ign.
DR.. Searle, he said, had noticed change in
the patients condition at $3.50 a. m, and sum
moned all in the house to the bedside, mo-
mentarily expecting his death, but he fingered
much longer than had been anticipated. He
passed away gradually and almost impercept-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-08
HOTEL DETECTIVE POINTS.
They Are Worse Than the Private
Detectives.

New York Special to Savannah News.
One of the nuisances about the lead
ing hotels of New York is the hotel de-
tective: With one or two exceptions, he
is considerably worse than the average
private detective. On account of being
connected with the hotel he has great
facilities for making money in doubt
full sort of way. heard a story of one
of these fellows, who has just been dis
charged, and it convinced me that the
hotel detective can be very dangerous
person to deal with if he is devoid of
principle. Being connected with the
hotel he naturally learns all about
the business of the guests, and has
little difficulty in getting acquainted
with them. There is hardly an officer
of the hotels who makes SO much money
as these detectives. Outside of their
duties in looking out for the affairs of
the hotels, they are allowed to act as
guides in showing the guests the dark
ways of city life. Nearly every night a
party of gentlemen get together. who are
DESTROYS of seeing the city by gaslight,
and they engage the detective to pilot
them about. For this he is paid very
literally by the gentlemen, and he is
also paid something by the owners of
the places where he takes them. This,
VI COulSC. 10 a lJttIt VI Ills DuSllltSS. DuU
it gives him an opportunity to levy
black mail should he see fit. l know
one detective who escorted very nice
old gentleman, who is one of the largest
dry goods merchants in prosperous
Southern city, to the Arion ball few
months ago. The old gentleman vent
simply out of curiosity. AT home he is
very p;ous and is the superintendent of
Sunday school. In fact, he is consid-
cred il f''.::aGttiic on religion. After getting
to the ball he was persuaded BY thu de
tective to drink a little Vine. Not being
used to it, it went to his head. and the
Old man possibly did one OF two silly
things, PARTICULARLY fora Sunday school
superintendent. On his way home he
remarked to the detective that he would
not have any one in his town know that
he went to the ball for $1,000. Only
short time after his return home he got
a message from the detective asking for
the loan of $500. It was also intimated
to him that should the request lie re-
fused an account of his conduct at the
ball would be made public at his home.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-08
SOURCES OF NEWS.


Lac Stafford and w. B. Wheeler went
yesterday to Lake Calhoun. Precau-
tons are being taken to fence in the
lake.
Hire your livery rigs from Mel Eddy.
He is always willing to oblige, and also
feeds horses at 40 cents per head.
Frank Hartman, of the West tavern,
has joined the choir of the Baptist
church. He has fine tenor voice.
Lew Harrison has just returned from
Mendoza, where he has been clerking in
his uncle's store. He expects to spend
some time at the Corners this summer
Wesley Neil, the grocer, has got a
new awning, and makes a speciality of
his teas.
p. II. Gibbons announces that he is
prepared to fill orders for coal, and will
not be beaten. He is also sole agent
for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The Minneapolis base ball nine is soon
to have picture taken, to be placed in
the corner stone of the new court house
for safe keeping.
Deacon Nettleton and Elder Blethen
will speak in favor of high license at
the meeting to be held at Turner hall,
called to protest against prohibition as
arraigned against true temperance. No
collection will be taken up.
The choice for Fourth of July orator
lies between r. q. Evans and f. r.
Davis. James G. Worrall has been
mentioned, also. ~.
Maj. George A. Camp is in town fOf a
few days, and says there will be lots of
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-08

The merchant was weak enough to send
his check for $500. This detective has
been guilty of number of similar things.
which were nothing short of black mail.
A Montana cattle king who had been
spending the winter at the hotel was his
victim for over $1,000. Then another
trouble with some of these men is that
they presume upon their acquaintance.
While they are outwith party as guide
tney are shown some courtesy, and for
this reason they assume that they are on
an equality with any of the guests. A
short time ago detective came to me and
told me of very important piece of
news. lie told me he would give it to
me on one condition, and that was |
should publish a paragraph to the effect
that he and a very prominent United
States senator were seen promenading
on Broadway arm in arm. l could see
no objection and promised. l after ward
asked him what his object was, and he
told me that it gave him standing with
other men, from the fact that if it were
known that he was Oh intimate terms
with prominent men other people in the
hotel would not be ashamed to be seen
talking with him. Another thing that
nearly all the detectives are given to is
taking bad debts for collection. They
will get debt, which in many cases is
not a Just one, Oh some well-known So
ciety man who frequents the hotel at
which they are employed. Every time
the debtor comes into the hotel the de-
tectlve is sure to dun him and make it
so disagreeable for him that he is
ashamed to come into the hotel. Only
the other day the proprietors of the
Windsor hotel were sued for $4,000
on account of a case like this. The de-
tective was given debt to collect from
well-knOwn society man, who spent
great deal of his time at the Windsor.
lie claimed the bill was not just one,
and refused to pay it. Nevertheless.
the detective, he claims, dunned him
every time he came into the hotel, and
finally elected him publicly from the
place. Then, when the young mans
father came to the hotel for the purpose
of complaining to the proprietors, the de-
tective put him out as he had his son.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-08

blushing and nervous, down an endless
avenue OF flashing eyes, grow almost
glddy. 1t is sea of wOmen's faces, AN I'M
dulating ocean of fiower-decked heads,
One has to pick ones way carefully
down the central avenue, for it is
blocked all along the line with cradles.
The married cigarette-makers are
allowed to bring their babies with them
to the factory. They rock the cradle
with one foot while their busy fingers
roll the cigarette.
'Silence!' is called by the forewoman
as the visitor passes down the line. but
there is ''chut-chut" every second
from some dark-eyed wench who points
to cradle and holds out her hand. 1t
is the habit of visitors to bestow Occa-
casional coppers on the babies, and so
all the mothers are on the alert for the
visitors charity.
The girls earn good wages. AT many
of the tables whole families are working
together. But the hours are long and
the atmosphere awful. The damp,
warm odor of the tobacco in the long,
low-roofed rooms is in itself almost
Supplying. But there is no ventila-
ton, and the atmosphere is absolutely
understandable. Many of the girls smoke
cigarettes at their work. | was very
glad to light one myself long before /
had done the round of the factory.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-08
LOST IN. THE CATACoMBs.
A Man Who Missed His Way in
Paris Underground Cemetery.

European Letter.
Many Partisan churches and cemeter-
les have transferred the remains of their
dead to the keeping of the catacombs
underneath the city of Paris. These are
now under the care of regular corps
of workmen, who attend to the arrange
ment of the bones, keep the galleries in
order, and are constantly on the watch
against SubSidenceS of earth, which
would otherwise be of frequent occur
renee. The galleries have been care
fully surveyed and their course COM
pared with that of the superadjacent
thorOughfares. Indicating tables are
skilled person can at any moment name
the street., and even the number of the
house which is above his head.
Without knowledge or a competent
guide. however, woe betide the Inflated
wretch who should venture to explore
these grim receSSeS. Beneath the Rue
de Fable de rEppee, just outside the
Ossnaire, or catacomb proper, is seen a
tomb in the angle of a wall to which
terrible tradition attaches. Here lies
Phlllbert ASpairt, formerly porter of
the military hospital of Val de Grace.
The hospital lies above portion of the
SROoSOiiOo, anu HUH III utSCcliuS Ollc OI
seventy staircases. In an evil hour the
Inflated porter took it into his head to
make a voyage of discovery in
the catacombS. He descended the
winding stair. Lantern in hand
he entered that awful laby-
rinth, and he never came back. How
long he lived, or how he died; how long
his feeble lantern kept light, or for how
many hours or days he might have
wandered in darkness, ere death put an
end to his sufferings are among the
secrets of the catacOmbs. For eleven
years his fate was not even known.
Some workmen threading the less used
passages came upon human skeleton.
Flesh and clothing had alike crumbled
into dust, but the buttons of the coat re-
manned, and by these and the bunch of
keys that lay beside the corpse it was
identified beyond doubt as that of the
unfortunate Philibert Aspairt.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-08
''Home Happenings and 'Firesidc
Chit-Chat." We hope by next week she
will no all u K
LOCAL NOTES,

LOCAL NOTES.
Loren Fletcher was in town Thurs
day, and called on us. He also laid OH
our table an egg Gx3 inches in diner
sionS. Loren advertiseS elsewhere in
this paper that he will grind grist- as
cheap as elsewhere. All our citizens
should unite in upholding home hin
duStry.
GY Buy your ice cream at Warn pr $
at 10 cents per plate. x
George Cleveland expects to spend
next week at Lake Minnetonka. George
will be back by harvest time.
As six goslingS belonging to our dis
tinguished fellow-citiZen, Col. W.. S.
King, were swimming in the river last
Friday afternoon muskratS pulled three
of them under.
c. II. Saulspaugh has just returned
from trip to Mankato. He says that
things are quiet there.
We learn with pain that Thomas
Moore, one of our most enterprising
young men, is confined to his room with
the erysipelas in his feet.
Col. Charles w. JohnsOn's Decoration
day address is being printed at the eX-
penSe of the North Star Missionary So
ciety for free distribution among the
Sioux Indians.
DO not forget that the Farr wave is. a
thing of beauty and jOy forever.
Squire William Henry EuStis has the
thanks of this office for copy of the
New York Tribune of May %, contain
ing editorial entitled,
BLAINE. OUR LEADER"
Buy your collins and fiXingS of Con-
nelly & Co.. next door to the lcck-up,
and under the municipal court. Calls
promptly attended to.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-08
Their Heels Are Loaded.

The donkey is a pious-looking ami
NAL. He always looks as if he would
say, ''Let us bray."-New Orleans Pic
ayune.
Money may make the marc go, but it
takes three darkeys and yoke of oxen
to stir mule.-Rose's Toothpick.
q We have noticed that it doesn't make
much difference where mule is reared.
He is at home with his heels anywhere.
Burlington Free Press.
The tail of mule was recently eaten
off by rats in Key West stable. The
standard joke about the mule evidently
needs Observation-Disclosures Call.
A scientist concludes that the voice of
mule is much less musical than that of
a horse. We have observed that mule
always flatted badly on his upper notes.
Philadelphia Press.
A new settlement in Dakota has been
named Mule Head. That the other ter
minus of the animal was not selected
seems to indicate that the people of the
new town are not ''kickers. Morris
town Herald.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-08
"OId Rossum the Beau"

John Rossum-the "Old Rossum TIL,
Beau" of the once familiar song-was {
venerable Mississippi school teacher
who gained his sobriquet by dressing VI
in his best toggery every Saturday ant
visiting all the ladies in the neighbor
hood. The words of the song wer
written by Col. w. Ii. Sparks, now o
New Orleans, and the air was adapte,
to them by a vocalist named Cox. Their,
have been a good many different yer
SionS of the song, but the original line
were written by Col. Sparks. Here they
are:
Now, soon on some soft sunny morning,
The first thing my neighbors Shall know,
Their ears shall be met with the warming
Come bury Old Rossum, the Beau
My friends then so neatly shall dress me
In linen as white as the snow
And in my new coffin shall press me,
And whisper, Poor Rossum, the Beau
And when I am buried, reckon,
The ladies will all like to go;
Let them form at the foot of the coffin,
And follow Old Rossum, the Beau.
Then take you dozen good fellows,
And let them all staggering go;
And dig q deep hole in the meadow,
And in it toss Rossum, the Beau.
Then shape out couple of dornics;
Place one at the head and the toe,
And do not you fail to scratch ON it
Down here lies Old Rossum, the Beau
Then take these same dozen good fellows,
And stand them all round in a row,
And drink from big-bellied bottle,
Farewell to Old Rossum, the Beau